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|lshtext=<b>inclīnātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[leaning]], bending, inclining to one [[side]] ([[class]]., esp. in the trop. signif.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: (corporis) [[ingressus]], [[cursus]], [[accubitio]], [[inclinatio]], [[sessio]], etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94: corporis, Quint. 1, 11, 16: [[fortis]] ac [[virilis]] laterum, id. ib. 18: incumbentis in mulierculam, id. 11, 3, 90: alternā egerunt scobem, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227: [[merso]] navigio inclinatione lateris unius, id. 8, 51, 77, § 208.— In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: variis trepidantium inclinationibus, Tac. H. 2, 35; Plin. 37, 10, 58, § 160.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.: caeli, a transl. of the Gr. [[κλίμα]],> the [[inclination]] or [[slope]] of the [[earth]] from the equator to the [[pole]], a [[parallel]] of [[latitude]], clime, Vitr. 1, 1; Gell. 14, 1, 8; for [[which]], mundi, Vitr. 6, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., an [[inclination]], [[tendency]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: ad meliorem spem, Cic. Sest. 31, 67: [[crudelitas]] est [[inclinatio]] animi ad asperiora, Sen. Clem. 2, 4 med.: alii (loci communes) ad totius causae inclinationem (faciunt), Quint. 5, 13, 57.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[inclination]], [[bias]], [[favor]]: voluntatis, Cic. de Or. 2, 29, 129; cf. voluntatum, id. Mur. 26, 53: judicum ad aliquem, Quint. 6, 1, 20: principum [[inclinatio]] in hos, [[offensio]] in illos, Tac. A. 4, 20: utendum ea inclinatione [[Caesar]] [[ratus]], id. ib. 1, 28: [[senatus]], id. ib. 2, 38: animorum, Liv. 44, 31, 1: in aliquem, Tac. H. 2, 92 —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Qs., a [[leaning]] or bending [[out]] of its [[former]] [[position]]; [[hence]].) An [[alteration]], [[change]]: communium temporum, Cic. Balb. 26, 58: an ignoratis, populi Romani vectigalia perlevi [[saepe]] momento fortunae inclinatione temporis pendere? id. Agr. 2, 29, 80; cf. id. Phil. 5, 10, 26: hoc [[amplius]] [[Theophrastus]] (scripsit), quae essent in re publica rerum inclinationes et momenta temporum, id. Fin. 5, 4, 11: inclinationes temporum [[atque]] momenta, id. Fam. 6, 10, 5; cf. id. Planc. 39, 94.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rhet. t. t.: vocis, the [[play]] of the [[voice]], its [[elevation]] and [[depression]] in [[impassioned]] [[speech]], Cic. Brut. 43, 158; <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, Quint. 11, 3, 168. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the old gram. lang., the [[formation]] or [[derivation]] of a [[word]], Varr. L. L. 9, § 1 Müll.